New Bill Cosby Accusers Mean over 50 Women Have Now Accused Comedian of Sexual Assault

Last week, three women stepped forward to accuse Bill Cosby of sexual assault, bringing the comedian’s accuser count to 49. And on Thursday, two additional women held a press conference in New York City to detail new allegations against the former family-sitcom star.

Sitting alongside civil-rights attorney Gloria Allred, Charlotte Fox and a woman identified as “Elizabeth” tearfully described their alleged encounters with Cosby, which took place in the 1970s.

USA Today reports that Fox said she met Cosby when she was a 23-year-old extra while on the set of a movie. Per the report, “She said he raped her in a room at the Playboy Mansion after she ate and drank food at a dinner he hosted.”

“I vaguely remember coming back from the bathroom,” Fox read in a
statement. “The next thing I remember was that I was sort of awake, in
a bed, with no clothes on and there was Mr. Cosby, in a robe, crawling
from the bottom of the bed.”

Fox added, “I was incapacitated and couldn’t say no. He engaged in
sexual activity with me. It was not consensual.”

Elizabeth (she did not disclose her real name), said she was an
American Airlines flight attendant, 20 years old, in 1976, when she
met Cosby on a flight and he invited her to the Mansion. After she
later drank sake at a Japanese restaurant with him, she says she fell
into a trance-like state, ended up in his hotel room, and was forced
to submit to a sex act she would not detail.

“All I know is that it was the most horrifying thing that could happen
to an innocent young woman,” she said. “No one would have ever
believed me in 1976. I would have been told that put myself in a
vulnerable situation and it was my fault.”

Although statutes of limitations prevent the latest accusers from taking legal action against Cosby, Allred told reporters that Fox and “Elizabeth” “decided to come forward in an effort to help other women and to hold Mr. Cosby accountable for what they allege was his misconduct with them.”

Since today’s press conference, over 50 women have now come forward to accuse Cosby of drugging and/or sexually assaulting them.